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  • Oklahoma principals recall day tornado hit

    It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ...

  • Hosli reinstated at NOPD Others shifted

    A New Orleans Police Department commander at the center of a controversial detail operation has been reinstated in full at the department, officials announced late ...

  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Galvan meets deadline submits files

    The St. Tammany Parish coroner has gone to court in an attempt to quash a subpoena from the Office of the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and faces a looming deadline to comply with a second subpoena -- this one from the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General -- WDSU has ...

  • Warrant issued in connection with AmeriCorps volunteers murder

    The New Orleans Police Department said it is looking for Glen Emerson, who is also 18, in connection with the shooting that took the life of Joseph ...


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Captain America: The First Avenger [Blu-Ray]

Captain America: The First Avenger [Blu-Ray]

Following Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger was the summer of 2011s second big-budget action juggernaut based on a second-tier Marvel superhero, with both playing as necessary precursors to next summers superhero mash-up The Avengers ... ...

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  • How safe is that bridge youre driving over

    Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...

  • Revised Copeland memorial for Lafreniere Park unveiled

    The new proposal includes a performance stage and a statue of the late restaurant magnate as part of a bricked plaza at the public park. The statue still features Copeland holding a box of the iconic fast food chicken that helped build his empire, but the entire project offers much more than the original statue-centric ...

  • Father son dead in suspected murder-suicide in River Ridge

    The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office confirmed to WDSU that two people were found dead in a home in the 300 block of Celeste Avenue shortly after noon. The victims are a father and his teenage ...

  • New Orleans quirkiness gone overboard

    New Orleans is a quirky place. The land of open container laws and drive through daiquiri shops. The home of festival after festival, like this weekends Greek Fest. The party just goes on and on and on. But sometimes the quirkiness isn’t a good thing. Like in the French Quarter where some neighbors are protesting the possibility of a new establishment in a long-abandoned building. A New ...

  • Louisiana to push ahead with paying private firms to teach kids

    (Reuters) - Louisiana's schools chief vowed on Friday to push ahead with a plan to let students take classes from private firms and nonprofits at taxpayers' expense, despite a legal setback and objections from some ...

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